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they had not <i>yet</i> put him in the prison.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/37.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Now Jeremiah was coming and going among the people, for they had not [yet] put him in prison.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/37.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Jeremiah was going about his daily tasks among the people, for he had not yet been put into the prison.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/37.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Jeremiah was going about his daily tasks among the people, for they had not yet put him into the prison.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/37.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/37.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/37.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Jeremiah was still free to come and go among the people. The people of Jerusalem hadn't put him in prison yet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/37.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I had not yet been put in prison and was still moving about freely among the people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/37.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Now Jeremiah was still going in and out among the people since he had not yet been put in prison. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/37.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for they had not yet put him in prison.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/37.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />(Now Jeremiah had not yet been put in prison. So he was still free to come and go among the people as he pleased.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/37.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/37.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/37.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people, for they had not put him into prison. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/37.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Jeremiah is coming in and going out in the midst of the people (and they have not put him in the prison-house),<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/37.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Jeremiah is coming in and going out in the midst of the people, (and they have not put him in the prison-house),<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/37.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jeremiah came and went forth in the midst of the people and they gave him not to the house of the prison.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/37.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Now Jeremias walked freely in the midst of the people, for they had not as yet cast him into prison. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/37.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Now Jeremiah was walking freely in the midst of the people. For they had not yet sent him into the custody of the prison.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/37.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />At this time Jeremiah still came and went freely among the people; he had not yet been put into prison.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/37.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Now Jeremiah was still going in and out among the people, for he had not yet been put in prison.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/37.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Now Jeremiah was free, going out and coming in among the people; for they had not yet put him in prison.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/37.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Jeremiah was coming in and going out in the midst of the people, and they had not thrown him into the house of prisoners<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/37.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/37.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Now Jeremias came and went through the midst of the city: for they <i>had</i> not put him into the house of the prison.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/37-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=11541" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/37.htm">Jeremiah Warns Zedekiah</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!” <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3414.htm" title="3414: wə·yir·mə·yā·hū (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- Or Yirmyahuw; from ruwm and Yahh; Jah will rise; Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites.">Now Jeremiah</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bā (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">was free to come</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: wə·yō·ṣê (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">and go</a> <a href="/hebrew/8432.htm" title="8432: bə·ṯō·wḵ (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Midst. From an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. the centre.">among</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">the people,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">for they had not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nā·ṯə·nū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">yet put</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯōw (DirObjM:: 3ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">him</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">in prison.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3628.htm" title="3628: hak·kə·lī (Art:: N-ms) -- Confinement, restraint, imprisonment. Or kluwi; from kala'; a prison."></a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/32-2.htm">Jeremiah 32:2-3</a></span><br />At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard, which was in the palace of the king of Judah. / For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying: “Why are you prophesying like this? You claim that the LORD says, ‘Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/33-1.htm">Jeremiah 33:1</a></span><br />While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him a second time:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/36-5.htm">Jeremiah 36:5</a></span><br />Then Jeremiah commanded Baruch, “I am restricted; I cannot enter the house of the LORD;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/38-6.htm">Jeremiah 38:6</a></span><br />So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/1-18.htm">Jeremiah 1:18-19</a></span><br />Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land. / They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/20-2.htm">Jeremiah 20:2</a></span><br />he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/26-8.htm">Jeremiah 26:8-9</a></span><br />and as soon as he had finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people seized him, shouting, “You must surely die! / How dare you prophesy in the name of the LORD that this house will become like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted!” And all the people assembled against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/29-26.htm">Jeremiah 29:26</a></span><br />‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet—you must put him in stocks and neck irons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/25-27.htm">2 Kings 25:27-30</a></span><br />On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison. / And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. / So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/24-23.htm">Acts 24:23</a></span><br />He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard, but to allow him some freedom and permit his friends to minister to his needs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/28-16.htm">Acts 28:16</a></span><br />When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/28-30.htm">Acts 28:30-31</a></span><br />Paul stayed there two full years in his own rented house, welcoming all who came to visit him. / Boldly and freely he proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/2-9.htm">2 Timothy 2:9</a></span><br />for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/1-12.htm">Philippians 1:12-14</a></span><br />Now I want you to know, brothers, that my circumstances have actually served to advance the gospel. / As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ. / And most of the brothers, confident in the Lord by my chains, now dare more greatly to speak the word without fear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/6-19.htm">Ephesians 6:19-20</a></span><br />Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will boldly make known the mystery of the gospel, / for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.</p><p class="hdg">for.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/37-15.htm">Jeremiah 37:15</a></b></br> Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/32-2.htm">Jeremiah 32:2,3</a></b></br> For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which <i>was</i> in the king of Judah's house… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/34-16.htm">Free</a> <a href="/jeremiah/37-3.htm">Jeremiah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-21.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-1.htm">Prison</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-13.htm">Prison-House</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/39-18.htm">Free</a> <a href="/jeremiah/37-6.htm">Jeremiah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/37-12.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/jeremiah/37-15.htm">Prison</a> <a href="/jeremiah/37-15.htm">Prison-House</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 37</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/37-1.htm">The Egyptians having raised the siege of the Chaldeans, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/37-3.htm">king Zedekiah sends to Jeremiah to pray for the people.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/37-6.htm">Jeremiah prophesies the Chaldeans' certain return and victory.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/37-11.htm">He is taken for a fugitive, beaten, and put in prison.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/37-16.htm">He assures Zedekiah of the captivity.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/37-18.htm">Entreating for his liberty, he obtains some favor.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/37.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/37.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people</b><br>Jeremiah, a prophet during the final years of Judah before the Babylonian exile, had a complex relationship with the leaders and people of Jerusalem. At this point, he was not yet imprisoned, allowing him to move freely and deliver God's messages. This freedom highlights a temporary period of relative peace for Jeremiah, contrasting with the frequent opposition he faced. His ability to move among the people suggests a time when his prophetic voice was still accessible to the public, emphasizing the urgency and availability of God's warnings through him.<p><b>for they had not yet put him in prison</b><br>Jeremiah's imprisonment was a recurring theme in his ministry, reflecting the resistance and hostility he faced for his prophecies. This phrase indicates a specific time before his incarceration, which would later occur due to his unpopular messages predicting Jerusalem's fall. His eventual imprisonment symbolizes the rejection of God's word by the leaders and people of Judah. This period of freedom can be seen as a grace period, where the opportunity to heed God's warnings was still available. Jeremiah's experiences foreshadow the suffering of Christ, who also faced rejection and persecution for speaking truth.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, known for his prophecies concerning the destruction of Jerusalem and the Babylonian exile. At this point, he is still free to move among the people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The capital city of Judah, which is under threat from Babylonian forces. The city is central to the events of Jeremiah's prophecies.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/z/zedekiah.htm">Zedekiah</a></b><br>The last king of Judah, during whose reign Jeremiah prophesied. He is a key figure in the events leading up to the Babylonian exile.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonians.htm">Babylonians</a></b><br>The empire threatening Jerusalem, representing God's instrument of judgment against Judah for their disobedience.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/prison.htm">Prison</a></b><br>A place of confinement that Jeremiah would later experience, symbolizing the rejection of God's message by the people of Judah.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_timing_and_protection.htm">God's Timing and Protection</a></b><br>Jeremiah's freedom at this point illustrates God's control over circumstances. Believers can trust in God's timing and protection even when facing opposition.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_ministry.htm">Faithfulness in Ministry</a></b><br>Jeremiah's continued presence among the people despite impending imprisonment encourages believers to remain faithful in their calling, regardless of potential hardships.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_cost_of_disobedience.htm">The Cost of Disobedience</a></b><br>The looming threat of Babylon serves as a reminder of the consequences of turning away from God. It calls believers to examine their own lives for areas of disobedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/courage_to_speak_truth.htm">Courage to Speak Truth</a></b><br>Jeremiah's example challenges believers to speak God's truth boldly, even when it is unpopular or leads to personal risk.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_37.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 37</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_declare_devastation_yet_not_end.htm">Jeremiah 4:27: Why does God declare total devastation yet say He won't 'make a full end,' and isn't this contradictory?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_jeremiah_7_4_deny_temple_protection.htm">Jeremiah 7:4: How can this passage imply the temple offers no protection despite other texts suggesting God's presence there protects His people?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_evidence_of_shiloh's_destruction.htm">Jeremiah 7:12: Is there any archaeological evidence confirming the fate of Shiloh and the claims made about its destruction?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_enemy_forces_'like_clouds'.htm">Jeremiah 4:13: Is there any historical or archaeological evidence of enemy forces sweeping in 'like clouds' and destroying the land as described?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/37.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">Jeremiah came in and went out among the people.</span>--The statement is made in reference to the event narrated in <a href="/jeremiah/37-15.htm" title="Why the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.">Jeremiah 37:15</a>. He was free when the king's message came to him: it was his answer to that message that led to his imprisonment.<span class= "bld"><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/37.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Now Jeremiah came in and went out,</span> etc. Had he been a prisoner, an embassy of high officials could not, with propriety, have been sent to him (comp. ver. 17; <a href="/jeremiah/38-14.htm">Jeremiah 38:14</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/37-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Now Jeremiah</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיִרְמְיָ֕הוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yir·mə·yā·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3414.htm">Strong's 3414: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jeremiah -- 'Yah loosens', the name of a number of Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was free to come</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(bā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and go</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיֹצֵ֖א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yō·ṣê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">among</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּת֣וֹךְ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ṯō·wḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8432.htm">Strong's 8432: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bisection, the centre</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the people,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעָ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for they had not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">yet put</span><br /><span class="heb">נָתְנ֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(nā·ṯə·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">him into the prison.</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּ֥ית</span> <span class="translit">(bêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/37-4.htm">Jeremiah 37:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/37-4.htm">Jeremiah 37:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/37-4.htm">Jeremiah 37:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/37-4.htm">Jeremiah 37:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/37-4.htm">Jeremiah 37:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/37-4.htm">Jeremiah 37:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/37-4.htm">Jeremiah 37:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/37-4.htm">Jeremiah 37:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/37-4.htm">Jeremiah 37:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/37-4.htm">Jeremiah 37:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/37-4.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 37:4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/37-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 37:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 37:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/37-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 37:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 37:5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>